Guinea-Bissau: A new report by the UN says Guinea-Bissau’s military and intelligence forces abducted and tortured two opposition leaders after a failed attempt to overthrow the ruling junta last month. (AP)

Mali: UNSG Ban Ki-Moon called for urgent action to reunify the country. (AP)

Morocco: The special UN envoy for Western Sahara says talks between Morocco and the Polisario Front independence movement are going nowhere and he plans to move on to shuttle diplomacy to try to break the impasse. (AP)